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| Microman (?) with sarcophagus, China, 1999 |
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| Why the Statue of Liberty ? |
In toy history, the Microman toy line from Takara (Japan) has great importance and paved the way to the oh-so-popular Transformer toys in the 80ies. The toy line started in Japan in 1974, and some of the figures soon made their way to the USA under the Micronauts toy-line (imported directly through Mego Corp.)
Some really cool web-sites are devoted to these, and are worth checking :
http://www.micro-outpost.com/
http://www.microforever.com/
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| Supergril, Takara, China, 2006 |
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| Packaging all pink and girly ! |
The nice thing about these figurines is that they are/were fully articulated. While Kenner and Palitoy were making stiffness the norm in their Star Wars / Action Force lines, Takara on the other hand was able to get about 30 (yes, thir-ty !) arculation points in their line. And all of this in a 3 3/4 inch figurine !
Furthermore, they came with ton of accessories, and could swap out parts from one figurine to another. At a certain point, they even introduced figurines with magnetized joints ! Tomy - Takara is continuing the line nowedays...
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| Magneforce ! or magnetic joints... |
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| Icurus, Takara, China, 2005 |
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Microsister Orga, Takara, China, 2005
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| No need for surgery, doc ! |
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| Evangelion set, Takara, China, 2007 |
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| Extra hands, weapons, display stands, ... |
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